Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-16
Tie BUSY MOSQUITO.
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9 Thorn In the Side 81 Autumn, a Escnd
ia.eriiai. an AHscl Unay-arcs.
or eli insects for the gratu;tous per-
potaGtioa Of 9 hose race we are lastingly
indebted % Noah, none is moro indastri-
Gus, valiant Gad blood-thirstv than ths
mosquito, writes Haryot Holt n the Chi.
eag0 Be-ci3. Siace aEscdiisvian times
bis Instincts have ever been n stocratic.
While other families of his kinfolks are
>oaseat with various lower order of ami
rails he cleans his substance from the
choicest BITS II humanity. Lo, the bluest
blood OF the F. +. vs. and the Knicker-
booker blood Of generations STEPPED in
gentiiitv flows in his veins; he chants a
soothing lullaby in Jhe ears OF The Sleep
ing babe and his nsui derous evening Law
about the pillow of the capitalist alike: ne
displays q preferences only in favor of the
one who listens most attentively to his
song-as he sings on and or-merT-ily,
melOdiously, murd rousiy. Summer with
out the friendiiness Of thu house fv, the
fragrance of the boadoir insect, and the
activity of the flea are as nothing COM
pared 10 the instincts OF the sanguinsous
mosquito. Ia the Sunny South he finds
his home-solne few OF MIN (prodieal sons
as it were) have escaped TO the North and
reared families oftheir own; the field in the
new land IS vast, aud legions of veal pot
pie and scores Of many colored coats offer
no temptation 70 him to return to his ma
tive heath. But In all the beauty and
unity OF q large and well established
family he is 20 be found only in the South.
In the North he natures later and dies
earlier; alas, for bis enterprising spirit
les; the land of the sun is the home of
the mosquito. Here doth he multiply and
increase a thousand fold, and MANY
Here, through q blissful eternity Of promis-
ing sunrise and scorchins MONDAY, furi-
Gus sunset and radiant moonlight, he
feasts on the arms and ankels in the
family till a less Jealous veteran would
grow weary with riotous feasting and old
age, but like the kind words that never
die, he threatens TO become immortal and
he grows intoxicated with the lifeblood of
helpless humanity. lie notes his lungs
strengthen and his voice become culti-
waited; generosity takes root in his heart,
and he is called an antidote for fevers.
What marvellous economist is nature
in all her works! In well disciplined
armies does this belligerent inv der and
fever specific commit his depredations.
Would you rather have the fever: You
don't know what is best for you; the mos
quito knows. He does his duty, and then
il you have the fever his conscience is
clear; he did what he could for humani-
ty's sake.
So he divides his arnaies-one for day
and one FOR night work. The day mos
quito is your sworn friend; he keeps the
fever destiny TO which you are rushing
continually in view, and be tolls early and
late for your salvation. Then the noe
turnal force comes on duty. lie appears
in your presence in the light of your
frowning friend; you MAJ regard him in
the light OF a smiling enemy; but you mis-
take; he extracts each tiny germ of. dis
ease from your coIruptible body, but like
many another blessing you refuse to rec
ognize him.
In Texas the mosquito finds his most
popular stamping ground; Texas, wherein
the daughter of the cowboy wears rubber
hosiery and leather gloves; adorns her
hat with the protective bee-net, and car
ries eighteen-inch cut glass vinaigrettes
containing amona, wherein to anoint the
reminders OF this committee on sanitation.
Q, valiant, murderOus, melodious mo-
squito: great is the number of thy victims;
diurnal, nocturnal, eternal are thy DAYS,
vast is thy progeny, bloodthirsty thy ma
ture, striped thy hosiery. thorn thou art
in the side of summer, iiend Internal, an
angel unaWareS,